From the March 1, 2013, Chicago Tribune obituary "Inventor of the board game Diplomacy" by Joan Giangrasse Kates. The two previous entries on Allan B. Calhamer's death also came from this article.
"Described as a 'thinking man's version of the popular game Risk, Diplomacy is a seven-player game based on the balance of power in pre-World War I Europe. Players are free to bluff and back-stab one another to attain dominance.
Each of seven major powers-- Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Turkey-- begins the game with three or four pieces in its home country. To win, one player must occupy 18 of 34 supply centers. Pieces represent entities such as naval fleets and armies.
'One of the knocks on Diplomacy is that it is a game that ruins friendships' said Jim O'Kelly.'"
And, I never did anything else with those guys, but I'm a bad loser.
Et Tu, Brutus? --DaCoot
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